Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Streetcar backers prepare 'round two'

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Streetcar backers prepare 'round two'
By Barry M. Horstman, 8:09 PM, Feb. 16, 2011

Calling the task ahead "round two" - an annoying reality in that he thought round one had ended in a knockout win for his side - Rob Richardson vowed before an enthusiastic Over-the-Rhine audience Wednesday night to "beat them again" so Cincinnati can move forward with its $128 million-plus streetcar plan.

At a historic Over-the-Rhine bar only blocks from the streetcar's route, Richardson and more than 200 supporters eagerly climbed back into the ring to again take on opponents doggedly trying to derail an ambitious plan alternately hailed as a linchpin of Cincinnati's future and decried as an ill-timed waste of money.
 
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